Tillman 10 Offer Bill Ends Long Senate Fight
Washington Feb 24 The house passed 416 pension bills in 64 minutes and adjourned. In the senate Tillman a Democrat was chosen to report the Hepburn bill, a Republican Senate committee granting a Democrat control of a major measure. The Hepburn bill's passage in the senate followed defeats of several amendments by Dolliver and Clapp, with court review of interstate orders a central contest in the lengthy committee proceedings.
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Washington
House
Tillman
Senate
Cullom
Carmack
Congress
Hepburn
Dolliver
Clapp
Interstate Commerce Committee
County Treasurer Admits Receiving Interest Money
Cincinnati reports County Treasurer Hynicka testified before a state senate commission that about 260000 in gratuities were received from banks for the deposit of public funds. Earlier bankers testified to payments to various county treasurer's office associates as thanks for fund deposits.
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Cincinnati
Hynicka
State Senate
Hamilton County
Confesses Killing His Wife in Albany Trunk Case
Albany Feb 24 John Cross Hammond surrendered to police and confessed to killing his wife whose body was found in a trunk at their home last November. In Kankakee a railroad contractor David Grant was struck and killed by an Illinois Central passenger train near Peotone last night. the body found by a bridge builder.
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Albany
N. Y
John Cross Hammond
Kankakee
David Grant
Peotone
Illinois Central
Koreans Suffer Americans in Trouble In Orient
Archdeacon Jeffries reports Korean oppression by Japan with property confiscations, public executions, and women hanged in streets. He claims Koreans live as slaves while the Korean emperor fears Japanese power and guards. Also reports Vanderbilt Jr incident in Pontedra, Paris justice denial for Elliott P. Shepard, and payment of fine and damages.
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San Francisco
Jeffries
Orient
Legation
Fraud Was Most Complete Report on Wright Liquidation
London reports the official liquidator of J. Whitaker Wright companies shows assets valued at 14.5 million dollars, but realized only 2.58 million. Over 1.5 million dollars were required to realize this. Unsecured creditors with claims totaling 12.96 million received 921 dollars. No funds remained for shareholders.
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J. Whitaker Wright
London
Eastern forces get ready possible trouble in China
Manila February active preparations continue for a possible emergency in China. Major General Leonard Wood has postponed his contemplated trip to Mindanao. Burlington Iowa February 24 the Burlington Civic Federation ordered all resorts for women closed by March 3. Gambling houses have been closed and saloons are closed on Sundays.
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China
Philippines
Manila
Leonard Wood
Mindanao
Burlington
Iowa
Burlington Civic Federation
Tariff Extension to the United States Sent for Signature
Berlin February 24 The federal council approved the Reichstag action extending the new German tariff to the United States until June 20, 1907 and sent the measure to the emperor for his signature.
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Berlin
Federal Council Today
Reichstag
United States
Farmers to Strike for Dollar Wheat
Indianapolis reports a planned March 1 strike by 200000 farmers in the American Society of Equity aiming for a minimum $1 per bushel for wheat and higher prices for all agricultural goods. The call, led by J A Everitt of Indianapolis, targets Kansas and Minnesota to force marketwide price levels. The effort includes distributing copies nationwide and promoting Everitt’s seed business through member papers.
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Indianapolis
American Society of Equity
Kansas
Minnesota
J. A. Everitt
Everitt
Breathitt County feud leads to indictments in courthouse death
Breathitt County Kentucky grand jury indicts Judge James Hargis Ed Callahan B F French John Smith and John Abner for murder and accessory in the death of James B. Marcum two years ago amid local feud trouble at the Breathitt County courthouse. In Ohio Wapakoneta William Cotton and Park Wright plead guilty to blowing up bulkhead gates at the grand reservoir and are jailed as witnesses in the Heoley case.
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Jackson, Ky
Breathitt County
James Hargis
Ed Callahan
B. F. French
John Smith
John Abner
James B. Marcum
Marcum
Wapakoneta
William Cotton
Park Wright
Grand Reservoir
Heeley
War over Mutual School for Boys Burns
Stuyvesant Fish resigns from the Mutual Life board and leads an independent reform move to seize control from Standard Oil interests. He hires Samuel Untermeyer and D. Cady Herrick to oversee the legal battle as proxies vie for power in Wall Street battles over the Mutual Life and Illinois Central.
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New York
Stuyvesant
Witter
Wall Street
Stuyvesant Fish
Samuel Untermeyer
D. Cady Herrick
Mr. Fish
Mutual Life
Illinois Central
Morris
Philadelphia
Effingham B. Morris
Mutual Life Insurance Company
Girard Trust Company
Admissions Made in Beef Hearing in Chicago
In Chicago on February 24, Commissioner Garfield faced sharp questioning in the beef case. He admitted turning over to the Department of Justice some information from the beef investigation, saying it had no direct bearing on the current hearing. He testified that DOJ received tips from various sources nationwide, and no information from the packers was shared with the department.
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Chicago
Garfield
Department of Justice
Department
Southern Congressman Blackburn Indicted Again
Asheville North Carolina February 24 The grand jury of the United States district court returned another true bill against Congressman Blackburn charging him with practicing before the treasury department in violation of federal statutes The indictment contains two counts It alleges Blackburn appeared before the department in the interest of W R Kryder in May 1905 and by persuasion representations and letter writing secured a compromise in the Kryder case He is charged with receiving a fee of 50 dollars for his services.
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Asheville
N. C
United States District Court
Blackburn
Treasury Department
Department
W. R. Kryder
Kryder
Estate Given to Schools in Illinois Will
The will of B. F. Johnson of La Harpe Illinois leaves his estate valued at $150000 to the city to support public schools. The widow and daughter receive life provisions, with the property reverting to the city after their deaths.
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B. F. Johnson
la Harpe
LaHarpe
Ill
Epitome of Doings in Congress Yesterday
Washington Feb 24 brief resume from official records of yesterday in both houses. In the House the Tillman Gillespie resolution seeking a probe into railroad coal and oil properties ownership was amended to return to the Senate for consideration. The Mussel Shoals bill authorizing Tennessee river water power development was passed after a presidential amendment. The House adjourned at 4 55 p m. Senate not in session.
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Washington, D. C
Congress
HOUSE
Tillman-Gillespie
Senate
Tennessee River
Ald
Sesson
Russian Strike Breaker Killed in Warsaw Streets
Privy Councillor Ivanoff, director general of the Vistula railroad, was shot dead on a Warsaw street by an unknown assailant. Ivanoff helped suppress a recent railroad strike. Separately in Muscatine Iowa Edward J Zeidler nominated for mayor by Republicans has refused to run and the convention will reconvene tonight to pick another candidate.
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Warsaw
Ivanoff
Muscatine
Iowa
Edward J. Zeidler
Ice gorge flood hollows Sterling and Rock Falls
A massive ice gorge on Rock River flooded Sterling and Rock Falls, destroying a steel wagon bridge, drowning electricity and gas services, and forcing factory closures. Fifty families rescued by boat as water reached house eaves and rose rapidly. damage about 100000 dollars, with fears of further losses if conditions persist.
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Sterling
Rock River
Rock Falls
National Harvester Company
Dillon Griswold Wire Mill
Lawrence Brothers’ Novelty Company
Charles Staples
Ralph Alderfer
Oregon
Young Florence Allen killed in Mt Pleasant. Becker commits suicide
Burlington reports Florence Allen age 20, daughter of County Physician R B Allen, killed by a bullet at their Mt Pleasant home. Mrs Allen seriously injured. Carl Becker, farmer, the suspected shooter, later found dead on town outskirts, likely due to self inflicted wound from unrequited love motive. Des Moines notes Iowa Senate adopts Lewis resolution for popular elections of U S senators by July convention. Opposition waned as 9 voted against, 28 for. 13 absent. Most states favor direct election in various forms.
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Burlington
Florence
R. B. Allen
Des Moines
Iowa
Senate
Lewis
Gov. Cummins
Union
United States
Cummins
Congress
Roosevelt Orders Civil Service for Laborers
President Roosevelt issued an executive order prohibiting appointment of laborers without certification under civil service rules, making civil service the rule for all laborer positions.
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Washington
Roosevelt
Slone brothers killed in botched arrest in Hindman Ky
In Hindman Kentucky eight miles from town last night deputies moved to arrest Faro and Perry Slone and Henry Short. The Slone brothers were killed. Deputy Revenue Collector Holliday and Short were wounded. In Town City cheese caused illness for Louis H. Langenberg his wife and four children. The children faced a seven hour danger period.
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Hindman, Ky
Faro
Perry Slone
Henry Short
Hindman
Slone
Holliday
Short
Town City
Louis H. Langenberg
Street Cars In Serious Crashes In Milwaukee And Pittsburg
A Chicago Milwaukee and St. Paul passenger train collided with a Milwaukee street car at Kinnickville avenue crossing injuring 10 and delaying traffic over an hour. Most injured were Milwaukee residents, with Winifred Fifield of Janesville among the unhurt. In Pittsburg, a collision of two street cars near Boston left several motormen and a colored man fatally or severely injured, traced to a defective switch.
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Milwaukee
Chicago, Milwaukee & St
Pittsburg
Pittsburg Railway Company
Boston
Iowa Banker Acquitted In Insolvent Deposit Case
Des Moines reports banker Fred McCutcheon of Holstein Iowa was acquitted on a charge of receiving deposits after his Holstein bank became insolvent. His brother testified he received the deposits, clearing the defendant on this evidence.
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Fred McCutcheon
Holstein
Des Moines
Ida Grove
Iowa
T O Day
McCutcheon
Postal Clerks Victors Mail Cars To Be Turned
Chicago February 24 After many conferences with Rock Island railroad officers the railway mail clerk organization has won approval to turn all mail cars on this system to place compartment ends next to the engine. Clerks had urged the change for over a year while railroad officials cited expense as a barrier.
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Chicago
Rock Island Railroad
Culllom Loses Loyalist Urges Yates Club Rise
Logan County Republican leader B D Blinn deserts Cullom forces and joins the executive committee of the first Yates club organized in central Illinois. Wins Prize at Galesburg William B Harter of Racine took first in Lombard college oratorical contest. John O Weigel of Joliet second. Milwaukee consecrates Rev William Walter Webb D D bishop coadjutor of the Milwaukee Episcopal diocese.
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Logan County
Yates
Lincoln, DL
B. D. Blinn
Leutenant
Yates Club
Mllnois
Galesburg
Milwaukee
William Walter Webb
Milwaukee Episcopal Diocese
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sEiott
Paris
Ministry of Justice
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William H. Vanderbilt
Madeline Marduel
Shepard
German Federal Council
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South
School For Boys
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Gambier
Ohio
Blaze
Academy
Shannon
Harry Barnes
Cleveland
Nicholson
Steubenville
Barnes
Rigby
Winfred Kunkle
Ashtabula
James J. Fuller
Warren
H. Edward Henderson
Indiana
North Carolina
Johann Hoch
Louis
Missouri Pacific
Overton
Jefferson City
Potter’s Field
Hoch
Potter's Field
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